After over a decade of performances and residencies in the world’s most esteemed venues and festivals, the release of numerous critically acclaimed recordings and lauded with significant awards, the Calidore String Quartet is recognized as one of the world’s foremost interpreters of a vast repertory; from the cycles of quartets by Beethoven and Mendelssohn to works of celebrated contemporary voices like Grygory Kurtag, Jörg Widmann and Caroline Shaw.
MOZART/BACH Well Tempered Clavier selections
MENDELSSOHN String Quartet No. 4 in E minor, Op. 44, No. 2
Intermission
PURCELL Chacony in G minor
BRITTEN String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 36
DEBUSSY Danses Sacrée et Profane
DEBUSSY Arabesque No. 1 in E Major, L. 66
DEBUSSY Suite Bergemasque: Prélude
FAURÉ Une châtelaine en sa tour, Op. 110
RAVEL String Quartet in F Major
CAPLET The Masque of The Red Death
BEETHOVEN String Quartet F Major, Op. 18, No. 1
MONTGOMERY Strum
Intermission
PERCELL Chacony in G minor
RAVEL String Quartet in F Major
Already accumulating great acclaim, the Calidore String Quartet has released its first installment of the complete Beethoven String Quartets. This release of the Late Quartets represents a deep exploration into the composer's emotional complexity and ever relevant humanistic perspective. On this album are quartets Op. 127, 130, 131, 132, 133 Grosse Fuge, and 135.
SEE album detailsBBC Music Magazine’s names Calidore Quartet’s Late Beethoven release its category's winner in the magazine's annual awards.
"Winners of this year’s Chamber Award, meanwhile, were the New York-based Calidore String Quartet, with their superb recordings of Beethoven’s Late Quartets. ‘The Calidore players penetrate right to the heart of the music, giving warm and intensely lyrical accounts,’ noted our review."